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Marlboro (US: / ˈ m ɑː l ˌ b ʌr oʊ /, [2] [3] UK: / ˈ m ɑːr l b ər ə, ˈ m ɔː l-/) [4] is an American brand of cigarettes owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (PMI, now separate from Altria) in most global territories outside the US. The brand ...
At Hitler's request, Franco also met privately with Italian leader Benito Mussolini in Bordighera, Italy on 12 February 1941. [13] Hitler hoped that Mussolini could persuade Franco to enter the war. However, Mussolini was not interested in Franco's help after the series of defeats his forces had recently suffered in North Africa and the Balkans.
2 Death of Duarte de Bragança, senhor de Vila do Conde [1] Portugal: 1653 30 Death of Teodósio, Prince of Brazil [2] Portugal: 1656/8 730 Death of King John IV of Portugal: 2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [3] Portugal: 1666/8 730 Death of Queen-consort Luisa de Guzmán
The broad index fell 1.98% that day. Fortune magazine deemed Marlboro Friday "the day the Marlboro Man fell off his horse." [2] Philip Morris investors interpreted the price slash as an admission of defeat from the Marlboro brand, evidence that Philip Morris could no longer justify its higher price tag and now had to compete with generic brands.
"Tobacco" is a segment of the HBO news satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about the tobacco industry. It first aired on February 15, 2015, as part of the second episode of the series' second season.
Written anonymously, the book claimed that high officials within the Nazi Party assassinated Hitler the night before the Munich Conference by arranging for his omelette to be poisoned. The book claimed that Hitler was now being impersonated by body doubles. [4] [5] The book was made into a film of the same name in 1943.
Anschluss: The German army crossed the Austrian border at 8:00 a.m.; Hitler's convoy arrived later that day. [17] Arrests of thousands of potential opponents of the Nazis began. [15] Francoist Spain repealed the Spanish Republic's civil marriage law. [18] Died: Lyda Roberti, 31, Polish-born American actress (heart attack)
Jesse Owens of the United States won his first gold medal of the Berlin Olympics, equaling the world record of 10.3 seconds in the 100-metre dash. [8]U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said at a press conference that the government would do all it could to evacuate Americans still in Spain who wanted to leave, but warned that conditions may develop which would make it no longer possible for ...